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Assembly GOP leader expected to resign today

May. 7, 2009
Assembly Republican leader Mike Villines of Clovis (Fresno County), under fire from state GOP leaders for supporting taxes to help close a $42 billion deficit, is expected to resign his leadership position today. Sources inside the Capitol say Villines will...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic